Falkensteiner-Hotel, Latschau
...design are the different qualities of the spatially differentiated building site. While the main area of the site is optimally connected to the surrounding infrastructure, the narrow southern annex has the effect, due to its extraordinary location, to be embedded...
Biomass heating plant - extension 2021, Lech
Complex geometry maximises the potential of an undulating mountain plot for a vital service provider The expansion of the Stubenbach district made the heating capacity of the two existing biomass boilers in the Lech too low. After initially considering building...
Floras Garten, Lochau
Growing together. Flora’s Garden unfolds in a lively quarter in the centre of the town of Lochau. The former factory site of the Russ company was redesigned into an attractive living space, in which eight structures with uniquely dimensioned residential...
Student Housing, Rosenheim
...built as prefabricated timber modules in the factory and then assembled on site. This design also makes it possible to minimise the number of working days on site and the associated weather dependency. The existing local system feeds low-temperature floor...
Propstei St. Gerold - Haupthaus Sanierung, St. Gerold
The provostry, a listed hotel and seminar building, has been under renovation since September 1, 2021. HK Architekten were tasked with preserving the building’s history while meeting modern standards. The restoration focused on ensuring the provostry would last for at...
Mühlweg, Wien
...common – a commitment to a good cause.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann, DI Johannes Kaufmann Selected from the public competition was the proposal from Johannes and Hermann Kaufmann. Tit was a site-specific design that linked the existing residential buildings...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower, Dornbirn
...are formed and concreted using a grouting technique. Thanks to the high grade of pre-fabrication, the building process becomes much simpler. The ceiling elements can be made in a more precise manner; there are no curing times on site and...
Transfer Living Vorarlberg Blattur, Götzis
Rooted in the community. The third part of Transfer Wohnraum Vorarlberg was realised in the district of Blattur, in the market town of Götzis, on a site directly behind the elementary school. Three differently sized and aligned buildings are grouped...
Doppelmayr, Wolfurt
Urban Design The new building defines a clear interface between the protected Ried nature reserve, and the commercial area. The size of the site is extremely tight given the space program. Either you build up the height or the property...
Educational campus at Sallerner Berg, Regensburg
A school at the cusp An extensive school campus is to be built on the northern edge of the historic Danube city of Regensburg. The competition site is located in the area between open landscape and urban residential area on...
BSBZ - Landwirtschaftsschulen Vorarlberg, Hohenems
...to an urban type, this can best be described as a rural farm typology with school use. The large volume stands confidently in the green space and embodies a clear attitude towards the site and its environment. The farm typology...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...fluorocarbon were used The timber construction elements were prefabricated by two local companies and assembled on site. Concrete anchors, screws and adhesive tapes were used for assembly in place of glue. Meticulous attention was paid to the sealing of the...
Jagdbergstraße, Schnifis
Location and situation The plot is located on the outskirts of Schnifis, in the immediate vicinity of the village centre. The ski lift to the east of the site, and the adjoining forest mark a legible transition from the compact...
IZM – Illwerke Centre Montafon, Vandans
...building redefines its location with its powerful physical presence. The IZM explores the boundaries between nature and artificiality. The new site is characterised by the vertical walls of an alpine valley that is peppered with man-made features, including an artificial...
Schmuttertal Secondary School, Diedorf
...a grid of 2.70 m units from east to west. In the opposite direction, the width of the grid varies depending on usage. For example, the classroom blocks consist of nine units with a size of 2.70 m x 2.70...
Ingeborg-Ortner-Children´s Home, Garching
A versatile, safe and welcoming day centre that also focuses on sustainability and cost-effective operations The site of the Ingeborg-Ortner-Children’s Home works around the urban planning of the original road layout. In order to create a cocoon for the children...
Hotel Engel, Mellau
...Because every day counts in the hotel industry, only three months were available for the construction work. This significantly increased the requirements for the organisation of the construction site. ~ From an architectural point of view, there was another problem:...
Bus Stop, Krumbach
...also multi-layered, high pressure laminate, with five layers. The timber structure is supported on a reinforced concrete base. Both roof and wall elements were delivered as complete prefabricated elements to the construction site and installed. The structural strength of the...
Steinbockallee, Rum
...site and the local river, to create an enclosed semi-private area. The east-west oriented, larger five-storey building offers 41 two- to four-room apartments and eight senior apartments on the first floor. They are accessible through the central walk way and...
Zerlauth, Frastanz
...on the urban periphery, densely surrounded by other structures. The view to the west extends to the Swiss Alps. Access to the house is from the east side, which is the highest point on the site and where one enters...
Kammelweg, Wien
...the first Passive House standard project. Also, a first for the city is the realisation of the seven-storey building in mixed timber construction. A compact, central development with a “twisted” south line that responds to the specific the site on...
Rheinhof, Hohenems
...in a new centre and barn units. Alongside these new developments it was also decided to create a new, small residential unit for the site manager and this part of the project, we optimised. The small family house is now...
Am Garnmarkt, Götzis
A mixed construction and multiple-use city redevelopment. One of the most comprehensive centre development projects in Vorarlberg was realised in the market town Götzis. The first phase in 2007 focused on the refurbishment of the buildings of the Huber-site, including...
Biomass heating plant expansion, Lech
...of local spruce. Due to the very short construction time of 6 months, the construction had to have a high degree of prefabrication. This was achieved with the help of prefabricated wall elements which had to be arranged on site....
Moosmann, Lauterach
...plot sandwiched between existing single family houses that did not seem to allow for any infill development. The parents of the client live on the east side of the site, and they helped to determine the position of the new...
Foot and Cycle Bridge, Zwischenwasser
...was prefabricated and mounted on site with a crane truck, in order to get the old bridge replaced as soon as possible. With a light and transparent construction, the new boardwalk over the river Frutz gives the leading role to...
Kopf, Au
...was used to prefabricate the outer walls and the ceiling and roof panels. The story-high external sheathing and the insulated walls were directly delivered to the construction site. The structure and pure materiality of this method determines the ambience of...
Kaufmann, Reuthe
...create a house without seriously affecting the terrain. The result is two interconnecting components. Firstly, a pedestal that was inserted into the site and, secondly lying across it, a timber cube which projects over the base. The pedestal includes garages,...
Solar School, Dafins
The first solar powered school in Austria. The idea of this design was to maximise the south-facing exterior space for the school due to the small building site. The school and kindergarten were attached to the eastern cemetery wall, as...
Schwimmbad, Riezlern
...place the new building on this site as well. This preserves the old main entrance situation directly from the village street, however the visitor will be received in a very different manner. They enter the bathroom via a spacious terrace...
Hannoverhaus, Mallnitz
The position and the shape of the house are strongly influenced by the specific conditions of the site. The location of the ski slope defines the boundary in the north, the topography leaves little leeway in east-west direction. The aim...
IZM Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, Vandans
...the current usage profile. Sociocultural quality Already in the master plan, the foundation of a high socio-cultural quality was decided upon with the merger of several locations on the site of the IZM. The design competition initiated by the client...
Stubenbach, Lech
...by an underground car park and the costs effectively designed common facilities of the site. The wings of the building have three storeys, in each of which are two differently formatted apartments, which open onto generous front balconies. Here the...
Transfer Living Vorarlberg Hartmanngasse, Rankweil
Value created through a positive neighbourly environment The second phase of the project Transfer Wohnraum Vorarlberg enables a meaningful reconfiguration and an increase in housing in an area that was once mainly single-family homes in Rankweil. The site is...
Ölzbündt, Dornbirn
...quickly on-site. Bonded timber panels, three-layer panels, plywood and solid timber planking were employed according to their structural characteristics, weather resilience and even design criteria. Economic considerations also played a major role in these decisions. The hollow, box-shaped roof elements...
Heldenstraße, Feldkirch-Altenstadt
...site boundary to create space to the south for an inviting garden area with children’s playgrounds and vegetable patches. The residential units are grouped around a central access wing, in which the storage areas are also laid out. Each apartment...
Biomass heating plant, Zürs
Architecture that mirrors process and efficiency. The biomass heating plant Zürs is located in the countryside on the road to Lech, Austria. Integrated into an existing gravel quarry and landfill site, this area was rehabilitated by this construction project...
Biomasseheizwerk, Zug
...no uniform typology throughout the site. However, is the materialisation, the use of timber, which reflects the obvious functionality of the biomass heating plant. The natural timber, that forms a protective skin for the high-tech boiler system, demonstrates that timber...
Interpark Focus - Impulszentrum, Röthis
...also realised by Hermann Kaufmann. The tower is visible from afar and it is the landmark that is associated with the industrial park. At the same time, it is an essential site for meetings and communication thanks to the infrastructure...
Kehl/Fischer, Burgebrach
...the wide view onto the landscape is played out through ribbon windows. Regional craftsmen worked on the construction site, the high-quality interior construction with flush-mounted floor-frame doors and wall-mounted beetles made of silver fir, was entrusted to a local carpenter....
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...service area along the busy Lake Constance cycle path. Due to its location as a “house on the lake”, the gastronomic pavilion is also an attractive destination for Überlingen and guests of the city. The site is essentially dominated by...
Waste material collection centre Vorderland, Sulz
Location Surrounded by the motorway, the main road and the industrial road, the project is defined by traffic, that creates the situation of the site. The building positions itself is confidently and clearly, visible to customers along the main road...
Pflegeheim, Mauren
...stacked together. The modular design means a short construction time, a fast technical fit-out, and limited disruption to the neighbours. The prefabricated rooms are ready to go to the construction site, including all installations. The sound insulation is released via...
House of Sustainability, Ruggel
Spatial situation, shape The design is site-specific. Due to its position on the Schellenbergstraße and the orientation of the building, several goals are achieved simultaneously: the creation of a common space for the rectory, the parish stable and the house...
Messehallen 9-12, Dornbirn
...mm2] enable slender cross-sections and the simplest connections via contact pressure, which considerably simplify the assembly of trussing systems on site. The roof construction is supplemented with glulam timber purlins as a secondary support system. Rib elements made of OSB...
Olpererhütte, Zillertaler Alpen
...is the possibility of an apprentice construction site to teach the younger people old techniques again. The scale would be ideal for this, as well as a clever communications could make advertising both for the house and for the teaching...
TUM Friedrich N. Schwarz Research Station, Berchtesgaden
An alpine science station at altitude The Technical University of Munich chose a piece of forest at 1,262 meters above sea level over the national park town of Berchtesgaden as the building site for their research station. In order to...
SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...office space and meeting rooms, also includes an extensive reception and exhibition area for visitors. Here, interested parties can get to know the products and their applications and study the structure on site using the multiple illustrative examples. This places...
School on a slope, Frankfurt (Bergen-Enkheim)
...nursery can be used as temporary teaching spaces while the renewal works roll across the individual class rooms. As the classes can be still held on their own grounds, expensive rental containers are eliminated and the classes remain on site....
Children’s care centre, Kennelbach
...which places the kindergarten and the child care under one roof. The site is located directly at the transition from the flat valley to the first slopes of the nearby hills. This attractive location means the care centre has wonderful...
The Headquarters of Künz GmbH, Hard
...site. With the installation of the parking spaces, an attractive park is being created in the middle of the industrial area. The new access is to the west. From there you go into a spacious, two-storey entrance hall. A green...
Vorarlberger Landesversicherung, Bregenz
At an extremely exposed location in Bregenz, a replacement headquarters for VLV is planned. Directly opposite the train station, the new building site come to the edge of the free plot, and is divided by the developments height. Through its...
Cable Car Station, Nebelhornbahn, Oberstdorf - Kleinwalsertal
...distributed over three buildings. The carefully considered placement of the individual volumes organises the existing outdoor spaces and generates added value for the site. The Cable Car station is interpreted as a natural part of Oberstdorf’s public space. It serves...
High-rise timber house - Queckareal, Tübingen
The tall wood house Gartenstrasse leads from the medieval core of the southern German university town of Tübingen along the Neckar to the east to the mouth of the Ammer. There, on the site of the former Queck cement factory,...
High-rise residential building in timber - Grieser Auen, Bozen
...of reinforced concrete. The predominantly prefabricated components are appealing due to their resource-saving production and the corresponding significantly reduced construction time. The modules only have to be assembled on site, which minimises noise and dirt pollution for the surrounding area....
3-fach Sporthalle, Kempten
A pillar construction as a place maker. The town of Kempten is considered the educational and administrative centre of the surrounding Allgäu region. A new triple sports hall, for up to 800 spectators, is to be built on the site...
New thermal baths, Obersdorf
...The urban planning concept of the project allows one to look beyond the boundaries of the site, to create a meaningful relationship to the high-quality open spaces of the existing situation. This defines a generous contiguous green space that can...
B&O Villen, Bad Aibling
Sustainability through innovation. Along the Moosbachauen meadows in the north of Bad Aibling, the model project City of Wood is developing. On a disused military site, an emission-free urban district is being created from renewable raw materials, powered exclusively by...
Neubaugasse, Lauterach
...the neighbourhood development structure between the tranquil Neubaugasse and the main traffic axis of Harderstrasse. The buildings were carefully positioned in terms of sunlight, access and circulation to the site in order to create high-quality, traffic-free outdoor spaces.| The reinforced...
Residential building Hälin, Langen bei Bregenz
...site come from its specific location and its topographical conditions. The adjacent main road is busy but provides optimal access, while the steep slope, although demanding in terms of construction, opens up to a privileged and scared panoramic view. A...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Hostel, St. Gerold
...Priory has been in Sankt Gerold for over 1000 years. To continue building on this site means to write a part of its history and requires a delicate balancing act between preserving and renewing. »The guests are thrilled! The new...
Schule am Hang, Frankfurt
...the renewal works roll across the individual class rooms. As the classes can be still held on their own grounds, expensive rental containers are eliminated and the classes remain on site. [competition text 2017, Marko Sauer, English Translation Bronwen Rolls]...
Hermann Kaufmann receives Bavarian Architecture Award and State Prize for Architecture
Architect Prof. Hermann Kaufmann, architect Prof. Christiane Thalgott and the Olympic Park Munich were awarded the “Bavarian Architecture Prize 2021” – Prof. Hermann Kaufmann also received the “Bavarian State Prize for Architecture 2021”. The “Bavarian Architecture Prize” and the “Bavarian...
Cluster Innovative - SWG site inspection of the production hall
Invitation to visit the new wooden production hall for free. On 24 October 2019, proHolzBW has organised a site inspection of the production hall as part of “Cluster Innovative”. If you are interested and for further information click here....
New building in Neubaugasse
...Lauterach Client: Wohnbauselbsthilfe, Bregenz Architecture: HK Architekten Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH, Schwarzach General contractor: Rhomberg Bau GmbH, Bregenz Construction period: October 2021 – autumn 2023 Site area: approx. 4 300 m² Useable living space: 2 637 m² 3...
German Timber Construction Award 2021: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
The German Timber Construction Award is considered the most important award for buildings made of timber in the Federal Republic. Four buildings – one new building, two buildings in the category of existing buildings and one concept – were awarded...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...continued into the site. The altitude of the site is picked up the west side and then continued horizontally to the end of the east-facing development. This enables accessibility and easy access to the entire site, a simple and economical...
Virtual tour of the energie.campus Montafon
...Germann, board member, illwerke vkw From autumn 2021, more than 50 apprentices will be trained in metal technology, electrical engineering, mechatronics, cable car technology, IT and commercial professions in the new modern premises. High quality apprenticeship training Governor Markus Wallner...
BDA regional award: TUM research station Friedrich N. Schwarz makes the shortlist.
55 projects have made it into the next round of the BDA Regional Prize Über Oberbayern 2021, creating this year’s exciting shortlist! A total of 104 valid projects were submitted to participate in the first-ever BDA Regional Prize Über Oberbayern...
We congratulate Altelier Andrea Gassner on the award - book among the 15 most beautiful books in Austria 2021
Orange Farm Kindergarten South Africa
...together” in South Africa. In the summer, 29 architecture students from the Technical University of Munich built a nursery school in Johannesburg in a township (Orange Farm), from design to execution planning to on-site, construction management and fund raising. The...
The Priory St Gerold recevies Constructive Alps 2017 recognition prize
...ensures its economic survival, which enriches the tourism standard of the region. The architect, Hermann, Kaufmann, took every care with material selection and usage, and deliberately expanded the historical site without creating unwelcome contrasts between the old and the new....
1st prize for a proposed development of the former Spicher school
Wohnbaugruppe Augsburg will build new apartments on the site of the former Spicher School in Pfersee. For this purpose, a competition was held in March. Our office will take over the planning of the housing complex with 70 apartments. The...
The Timber Construction Atlas adds Berlin-Brandenburg to its map
...Berlin area, on which around 70 innovative timber construction projects in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region are displayed and locatable on an interactive map. Everyone can visit the website at holzbauatlas.berlin and get a comprehensive picture of contemporary and historical timber...
Illwerke Center Montafon is the klimaaktiv "Property of the Month”
...to the klimaaktiv building standard already fulfil the requirements of the Directive 2010/31 / EU of the European Union, which will apply from 2021, according to which residential and non-residential buildings must be implemented as Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)....
Univ.-Prof. DI Hermann Kaufmann emeritus
...the department’s team. So far, 14 projects with a focus in Africa have already been implemented. In April 2021, the ‘Design and Timber Construction’ department will be superseded by the ‘Architecture and Timber Construction’ department, headed by Prof. Stephan Birk....
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...Hermann Kaufmann was at the Technical University of Munich from 2002 to 2021 and headed the Chair of Design and Timber Construction. Since then, he has been increasingly active in the architectural office “HK Architekten”. He has always had a...
The Swimming Pool in Mittelberg is Awards 1st Prize
...the largest pieces of architecture we have proposed, within which the large side wall was to be in rough concrete. On this site sits a very light and partly transparent wooden building that is both functional and sympathetic of the...
Insight into the exciting YKK project in Japan - exclusive interview with the project team
...there. What are you looking forward to the most in visiting the client in Japan? VR: I’m looking forward to seeing the conditions from the plan on site, to seeing the Japanese colleagues directly (not via the camera) – and...
Office Profile
...for example with the community centre Ludesch or the Schmuttertal Gymnasium, Diedorf. Building & Building site With increasing complexity of the building, the stress of the construction site increases. Swift and low-emission handling become a decisive factor for the client...
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Corporate Timber. Schraubenwerk mit Holz
...combines efficient floor plans, a pleasant atmosphere and sustainable construction in line with corporate identity. In this book the project is comprehensively documented from different perspectives, including in-depth technical and professional prospective and insights. Award: Austrians most beautiful books 2021...